What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...
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Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’
Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread, satellite data show, driving environmental devastation. Deforestation ...
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Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...
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Deforestation and it impacts!
Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested a.   rea since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.
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Mining in a forest conservation site clouds Republic of Congo’s carbon credit scheme
The Republic of Congo set up a REDD+ program in the Sangha and Likouala regions, aiming to reduce deforestation and store carbon from 2020 through to 2024. However, in the Sangha region alone, ...
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Reducing Deforestation to Fight Climate Change
Deforestation is a major man-made source of ... like the Democratic Republic of Congo. Forests naturally act as a storage unit, or "sink," for carbon emissions into the atmosphere, absorbing ...
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Timber and charcoal trade killing Congo rainforest
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Deaths, mass rapes, kidnappings for ransom, displacements, money laundering and costly ...
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Burnt-Down Patch of Forest in Congo Basin (IMAGE)
A recently burnt-down patch of forest in the vicinity of Yangambi in the central Congo Basin. In the background is the edge of the primary forest. The owner has planted a range of crops ...